The South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) was established in 1965 in order to meet the needs of the Ministers, to share ideas, successes, policies and to promote professionals, academic and cultural exchanges among countries in the region. It has 15 specialist institutions scattered throughout the region and is closely linked to the educational environment of the respective host country.
The SEAMEO-TROPMED Regional Center for Community Nutrition (RCCN) is a unit under the jurisdiction of the Indonesian Governments Ministry of National Education. It is hosted by the University of Indonesia (UI), one of the most prominent Indonesian universities, located in Central Jakarta. The Center has provided training and research in nutrition since 1970 and has been attended by nutritionists, health professionals and personnel from other nutrition-related disciplines from Asia, Europe and Africa. It now offers broad multidisciplinary capabilities in applied human nutrition for advanced training, research, and consultancy services. Vision To be a dynamic, self-reliant, strategic policy-driven and internationally recognized regional organization for strengthening regional understanding and cooperation in education, sciences and culture for a better quality of life.
Mission To carry out teaching, research and consultancy services in community nutrition at an international level quality to contribute to its vision Objectives
- To train professionals throughout the region in planning, executing and evaluating nutrition policies and intervention
- To promote research/investigation in nutritional problems and possible interventions directed towards the improvement of the nutritional situation at the district to the regional level
- To link and assist other nutritional training and research institutions within the region,
- To provide expertise for formulating recommendations concerning food and nutritional policies, and
- To stimulate and promote scientific cooperation within member countries and with other international institutions.
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